Summary
Swarm Training is working with a client in their search for a Level 2 Accounts and Finance Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals interested in starting a career in accounting and finance and learning from experienced professionals.
Wage
£16,500 a year
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Core working hours will be 39 hours per week from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday, and from 8am to 1pm on Friday.
39 hours a week
Start date
Monday 19 May 2025
Duration
1 year
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Support the credit control and purchase ledger functions, including new customer and supplier set up, maintaining existing account details, sending customer invoices and statements, liaising with customers regarding their account, matching supplier invoices to purchase orders and reconciling month-end supplier accounts in preparation for supplier payment runs
* Handling internal/external queries
* Processing staff business expenses
* Processing business credit card transactions and credit card reconciliations
* Data entry into the companies accounts package
* General administrative duties including, but not limited to, miscellaneous administrative support, ordering of departmental supplies, managing inventory of office supplies and kitchen sundries
* Answering phone calls, directing to the appropriate parties or taking messages
* Handling meeting requirements, including boardroom setup and breakdown
* Greeting and signing visitors in and informing the relevant parties of their arrival
Where you’ll work
Chestnut Drive
Wymondham
NR18 9SB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Your training plan
Training will be with Swarm Training, a national apprenticeship provider in the UK. The successful candidate will work towards a Level 2 Accounts and Finance qualification, which takes 12-14 months to complete. The apprentice must complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, with monthly training sessions conducted by a tutor, with tasks assigned to be completed during those hours.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English and Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Proactive and uses initiative
* Enthusiasm to learn
* Hardworking